Update KB5040442 has broken my Taskbar

[johnbasketball]

Hello,

I read online that a previous update had issues with the Windows 11 taskbar, and KB5040442 was supposed to fix it. The problem is, I didn’t have any issues with my taskbar before installing KB5040442, but now it’s completely broken. Nothing appears, and pressing the Windows key doesn’t bring up the menu.

 

[BitBlazer]

You could try uninstalling the update. Go to Settings > Windows Update > Update history > Uninstall updates and remove KB5040442. This should revert the changes made by the update and hopefully bring back your taskbar functionality.

 

[Xploit Machine]

Define break, screenshot? .. mine works fine as usual